Window frame



Dec. 9, 1930. L. B. REEB 1,784,751

WINDOW FRAME Filed Sept. 19 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l L. B. REEB WINDOW FRAME Dec. 9, 1930.

Filed Sept. 19. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 duo-z M21 4 Patented Dec. 9. 1930 UNITED STATES LEYLE BUBROWS BEEB, OE 'ROSELLE, NEW JERSEY wrimow imam:

Application filed September 19, 1928. Serial No. 806,992.

This invention relates to improvements in window frames and the frame construction hereinafter illustrated and described is applicable to window frames for frame build- 5 ing construction and for'window frar'nesfor use in solid brick or masonry construction.

The object of the invention is to provide a window frame of a novel construction whereby there is provided a weather and water tight connection between the outer casing and the blind stop.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a window frame ofnovel construction which greatly simplifies the assembling of the frame.

Another and further object of the invention is the provision ofv a window frame so constructed as to reduce the cost in the assembling of a window frame by providing a sure and absolutely accurate assembling and positioning of the outer casing in respect to the blind stop, which construction incidentally assures that the finished window frame is more perfect than are those window frames which are assembled in the old and heretofore known manners.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a window frame in which the positioning of the outer casing in assembling the frame is made easy and its posi-' tioning is absolutely true and accurate in respect to the weather-boarding, brick work, or other material constituting the opening into which the frame is set.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a window frame of the character described which is cheap and simple of manufacture and highly efficient in use.

Other further objects, novel features of construction and improved results of the invention willbe'more specifically pointed out in the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

frame of the sliding sash type embodying my invention, one corner of the frame being Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view not weather and water proof and thisis a Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wlndow.

the frame illustrated sembled relation, the view illustrating the manner in which the frame is assembled.

Figure 4: is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the manner of utilizing the principle of my invention in respect to a window frame for'brick or masonry construction.

T Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective View illustrating a modified form of the invention. Figure 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view of the modified form of the invention; l

Window frames of a construction as now known and in common use have a weakness in their construction in that the joint between the outer casing and the blind stop is 7 0 condition which has existed over a period of r a great many years. I

The present invention has been conceived and perfected to overcome this objection to the present window frame constructions.

It is the present day practice of the lumber yard where the builder purchases his window frames to assemble these frames and send them out to the jobfior building which is being constructed, in this assembled form.

The assemblin of the window frames is hard in itself an requires the expenditure of time on the part of skilled carpenters; When assembling these fiames it is necessary for the carpenter to measure back on both of the vertical blind stops and the horizontal top blind stop a given distance and to position the outer casing along the line he has struck so as to provide an offset to receive the blind or shutter. The measuring necessary for the positioning of the outer casing is a tedious and slow undertaking and unless the measuring is absolutely accurate the assembled frame is not true and as the work of assembling is done as rapidly as possible the finished frames are not true in a large majority of instances. The present invention has been conceived and perfected to reducethe time necessary in assembling window frames and to provide means which absolutely assure that the fintongue and the accompanying drawin s in which like parts are designated by similar reference numerals the specific nature of the invention will be readily understood. Y

In'the drawings: V 10 and 11 represent the side 'jambs of the frame, 12 the head jamb and 13 the window sill. The jambs are provided with window stops 14 and 15 and the head with window stops 16 and 17. The blind stops for the side jambs are'designated at 18 and for the head jamb at 19. Both the longitudinal and horizontal blind stops are attached to the outer edges of their respective .jambs by a suitable groove 20 in a common 'and well known manner.

' Referring to Figure 1 in which the window frame is shown as set in a building of frame construction, 21 is the upright studding of the building, 22 the inside lath towhich'is attached the wall plaster 23. The inner end or face of the window frame is finished off and closed in in some conventional manner such as by an inner casing 24.

The outer sheathingof the building is indicated at 25 and a sheet of building paper 26 or the like is interposed between this outer sheathing and'the clap-boarding or siding 27 which forms the outer face of the building.

The outer vertical casing for the two vertical jambs is indicated at '28 and the horizontal outercasing for the head jamb at 29.

These vertical and horizontal casing members 28 and 29 are provided on their inner faces adjacent their edges with a groove 30 while the outer faces of the blind stops are provided with tongues 31 adapted to fit into the grooves of the casing members. By reference to the drawings it will be seenthat the grooves 30 and the tongues 31 are positioned in and on their respective members so that when the outer casing is placed in position the blind stops 18 and19 extend inwardly into the window openin beyond the edges 32 of the outer casing mem ers to provide a space in which the blind or shutters may be mounted.

The tongues 31 of the vertical blind stops 18 stop short of the upper ends of these blind stops as indicated at 33 in Figure 3 of the drawings for the reason that the horizontal outer casing member 29 extends across the outer faces of the two vertical blind stops above the vertical outer casing members 28 and were these tongues not cut off the horizontal outer casing member 29 could not rest flatly and snugly against the blind stop.

Due to the fact that the ends 34 of the h0 izontal head jamb 12 fit into the rabbeting 35 adjacent the upper ends of the vertical jambs 10 and that the vertical blind stops 18 extend inwardly beyond the inner faces of the .vertical jambs, it is necessary to cut the horizontal blind stops 19 short of the ends 34 of the horizontal head jamb to leave spaces 36, Figure 3 of the drawings, to receive the inwardly, extending portions of the vertical blind stops 18.

Attention at this time is directed to the fact that a slight reversal of parts in this construction could take place without departing from the spirit of the invention. That is to say, the grooves 30 in the outer casing members could be tongues while the tongues 31 of the blind stops could be grooves.

From the invention as thus far described it is thought that it will be readily apparent that a window frame constructed in accordance with this construction can be easily and rapidly assembled due to the fact that the tongues and grooves 31 and 30 automatically and accurately immediately position the outer window casing in respect to the blind stops and the rest of the window frame mem- It will also be seen that due to this tongue and groove interlocking connection between the outer casing and the blind steps that a weather and water proof window frame is provided.

In Figure 4 of the drawings the application of this invention to a window frame for use in a building of brick or masonry construction is illustrated.

In this figure similar numerals are used to indicate like parts as corresponding to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings with the exception that the outer'window casing is designated by the numerals 28 and the blind stop which is designated by the numeral 18*. Here it will be seen that the window frame is built up in more ofa box-like form and that the outer casing 28 is much more narrow than in the previously described construction and that the blind stop 18 instead of beingnarrow is quite broad and forms one side of the box-like frame. The buildingpaper is designated by the same numeral 26 while the brick or masonry outer wall of the building is given the numeral 37. To those skilled in the art it will be unnecessary to further describe this box-like form of window frame which is commonly used for window frames which are to be set 1 in buildings of brick construction. Sufficient description has been given to describe the manner in which the inventive idea here involved is applied to a window frame of this construction.

In Figures 5 and 6 a modified form of the invention is illustrated. Here the jamb appears at 40 and the blind stop at 41. The

blind stop is attached to the outer edge of the jamb by atongue and groove connection 42 in the common and well known manner.

43 is a window guide and stop while 44 is the outer casing.

In this form of the invention the blind stop is provided with a square tongue 45 while preferred form in that it provides a weather and water tight joint between the outer casing and the blind stop and the outer casing is also automatically positioned on the blind stop so that the window frame can be readily and quickly assembled, leaving in the assembled frame a space for the mounting of a blind or shutter. I a

In res ect to this modified form of the invention ere again a'reversal ofparts could take place without departing from the spirit of the invention by making a square groove inithe blind stop 41 and putting a square tongue on the inner corner of the outer casing 44 in place of the rabbeting 41.

Window-and like frames are made in many different forms. Irrespective of the construction of the parts going into the makeup of the window frame, the inventive idea here" present can be readily and quickly applied.

In the accompanyingdrawings the blind stop is shown as a separate piece fitted to or attached to the outer edges of the horizontal and vertical jamb members. This is the usual construction as it is cheaper from the standpoint of manufacture, but I can conceive that a jamb and blind stop might be made in one piece and were this the case the outer end of the jamb would carry the tongue 31 illustrated in the drawings as being on separate blind stops 18 and 19.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a window or likegframe having longitudinal and horizontal jamb members, longitudinal blind stops carried by the outer edges of said longitudinal jamb members and of a length similar to said members, a horizontal blind stop carried by the outer edge of the horizontal jamb member, said blind stop being of a length equal to the width of the window opening and having its ends in abutment with the longitudinal blind stops at apoint below the upper ends of said stops, tonguesarranged centrally of the width of the outer faces of said blind stops, the tongues of the longitudinal blind stops ending short of the outer ends of said stops, the

This moditongues of the horizontal blind stop extenda ing throughout the length of this stop, longitudinal and horizontal outer window casing members provided with grooves in their inner. faces, the longitudinal window casing members being of a length of the tongues of the longitudinal blindstops, the grooves of the outer window easing members interlocking with the tongues of the blind stops for automatically positioning the outer casing members and the horizontal outer casingmember of a length equalto the entire width of the window frame and abutting that portion of the upper ends of the longitudinal blind stops which carry no tongues.

lnltestimony whereof I hereunto, afl'ix my signature.

LEYLE BURROWS REEB. 

